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Driving round Coventry in the 80’s (5 Viewers)

  • Thread starter hill83
  • Start date Mar 29, 2023
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hill83

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #1
Came across this on YouTube. There’s 2 parts and he says there’s a third coming soon.


 
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ajsccfc

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #2
I really shouldn't find these as fascinating as I do
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #3
hill83 said:
Came across this on YouTube. There’s 2 parts and he says there’s a third coming soon.


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That's tonight's viewing sorted. Fuck the Sopranos.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #4
Wherever he goes there's a Maestro in the way!
 
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Boosh

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #5
There were cars in the 80s? I thought it was horse and carriage until 2000 at least?
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #6
Early dashcam!!
 
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RedSalmon

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #7
Brought back a lot of memories, no pot holes and no litter!!!!!
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #8
RedSalmon said:
Brought back a lot of memories, no pot holes and no litter!!!!!
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Just watched with the missus, she commented on that.
Amazing how so much has changed, but at the same time, so much is the same.
 
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duffer

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  • Mar 29, 2023
  • #9
The cars! Two Austin Landcrabs, a Reliant Robin, Vauxhall Viva HC estate (properly rare), couple of Series Landys, and a surprising amount of Talbots. When's the last time you saw a Talbot on the road?!

Poor lane choice on Four Pounds Ave though...
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #10
duffer said:
The cars! Two Austin Landcrabs, a Reliant Robin, Vauxhall Viva HC estate (properly rare), couple of Series Landys, and a surprising amount of Talbots. When's the last time you saw a Talbot on the road?!

Poor lane choice on Four Pounds Ave though...
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You did see a lot of Talbots until the early 90s but TBF Peugeot retired the brand by then. The tinny sound of their engines was always distinctive.
 
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SkyBlueScottie

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #11
My Mums first car was a brown Talbot Horizon and yes, the engine sound eas defo Tinny. We actually moved to Holyhead Road in 87, was hoping they turned left.
 
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duffer

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #12
I always assumed it was a safety feature so you could hear them coming.

Talbot: Loud tappets save lives!
 

Otis

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #13
duffer said:
The cars! Two Austin Landcrabs, a Reliant Robin, Vauxhall Viva HC estate (properly rare), couple of Series Landys, and a surprising amount of Talbots. When's the last time you saw a Talbot on the road?!

Poor lane choice on Four Pounds Ave though...
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Erm......I owned a Talbot




Umm.... and a Reliant Robin.


 
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RedSalmon

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #14
Pretty sure there is an Avenger Tiger parked on Queensland Avenue just be fore the traffic lights.
 
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duffer

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  • Mar 30, 2023
  • #15
RedSalmon said:
Pretty sure there is an Avenger Tiger parked on Queensland Avenue just be fore the traffic lights.
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You didn't see many of them about even in those days, as I recall. I'll rewatch!

My old man had both a Chrysler 180 and a Chrysler 2 litre at some point. I loved how they looked as a kid. They really are incredibly rare these days.

Knowing my old man, I suspect he bought them because he could get a 100% discount on any spares, direct from the supplier as it were.
 
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Astute

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #16
RedSalmon said:
Pretty sure there is an Avenger Tiger parked on Queensland Avenue just be fore the traffic lights.
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My first car was an Avenger Tiger in a lovely green colour. Paid £250 for it. But my mother found out and went mental. She made me sell it. Couldn't argue as I was only 15 at the time. Got £300 for it.

A few months later I bought a moped. It was a Fizzer. On the road legally at 16. Looked a right beast for a moped and unrestricted.

Both worth a fair bit of cash now.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • Mar 31, 2023
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Astute said:
My first car was an Avenger Tiger in a lovely green colour. Paid £250 for it. But my mother found out and went mental. She made me sell it. Couldn't argue as I was only 15 at the time. Got £300 for it.

A few months later I bought a moped. It was a Fizzer. On the road legally at 16. Looked a right beast for a moped and unrestricted.

Both worth a fair bit of cash now.
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I had an unrestricted Fizzer from age 16 - used to get about 55 out of it (with a fair wind and gradient!!), and certainly dumped on the kids who had brand new mopeds that could only do 30!!
My first car aged 17 was a 10-year-old Canley-built Triumph Toledo. Loved it! It listed to starboard a bit when i sold it due to the amount of filler in the bottom of the driver's door!!
 
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Astute

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #18
OffenhamSkyBlue said:
I had an unrestricted Fizzer from age 16 - used to get about 55 out of it (with a fair wind and gradient!!), and certainly dumped on the kids who had brand new mopeds that could only do 30!!
My first car aged 17 was a 10-year-old Canley-built Triumph Toledo. Loved it! It listed to starboard a bit when i sold it due to the amount of filler in the bottom of the driver's door!!
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Similar speed to the one I had. Cracked the piston rings a couple of times but was an easy enough job to do.
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #19
Never heard of the Avenger Tiger but all of the image results have go faster stripes and a neat little spoiler, were they all like this? What a cracker

 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #20
ajsccfc said:
Never heard of the Avenger Tiger but all of the image results have go faster stripes and a neat little spoiler, were they all like this? What a cracker

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Only available in that or Wardance Red (what a name!)
 
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RedSalmon

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #21
A teacher at school had an Avenger Tiger, it looked amazing!!

On a different note (Duffer) the Chrysler 180 was a good looking car but totally messed up by the way it was developed. If you have the time look it up on Wiki, it will make you weep!!
 
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Irish Sky Blue

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  • Mar 31, 2023
  • #22
Think it must be early ‘87 as the trees don’t seem in bloom plus there is no one driving around with sky blue ribbons attached to their car bonnet.
 
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hill83

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  • Apr 3, 2023
  • #23
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 3, 2023
  • #24
hill83 said:
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Was thinking about waiting until the whole series was up and binge watching it, no spoilers plz
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Apr 5, 2023
  • #25
What's the name of the pub at 3:20 ish that was knocked down for sky blue way to come in? I'm sure it was my old man's local until he was forced down to the hand and heart instead
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 5, 2023
  • #26
ajsccfc said:
What's the name of the pub at 3:20 ish that was knocked down for sky blue way to come in? I'm sure it was my old man's local until he was forced down to the hand and heart instead
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White Lion i think
 
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Irish Sky Blue

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  • Apr 14, 2023
  • #27
Traffic very slow on Walsgrave Road!
 

SkyBlueSoul

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  • Apr 14, 2023
  • #28
Irish Sky Blue said:
Traffic very slow on Walsgrave Road!
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Yeah I can't believe I sat in a traffic jam from 35 years ago for the last 2 minutes before realising
 

SkyBlueSoul

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  • Apr 14, 2023
  • #29
1986 is up now. Can't believe how invested I am in this series.

 
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